Foreground Collection (page 27)

Newmarket Training, 1790
Exercising horses at Newmarket: the Prince of Wales, George IV is in the foreground

Sluys / Sluis 1739
View of Sluys, scene of the famous sea battle of 1340, as it was four hundred years after the event. A map of the towns fortifications is visible in the foreground

Switzerland / Fribourg
Fribourg including a view of the suspension bridge. A group of locals perform a folk dance to the tune of a fiddle player in the foreground

Portsmouth 1750
West prospect of Portsmouth, Hampshire: important buildings & shipping depicted & in the foreground inhabitants & sailors smoke, canoodle with local lasses or load cargo

Ben Nevis, Scotland
At 1343 metres, Ben Nevis in the Grampian range is the tallest peak in the British Isles. In the foreground is the entrance to the Caledonian Canal

Rebuilding London Bridge
The rebuilding of London Bridge, with numerous boats in the foreground and the Monument visible in the distance

Hereford Butcher Row
An splendid example of Elizabethan domestic architecture in Butcher Row, Hereford : several market traders are active in the foreground

Off the North Foreland
Sailing vessels off the North Foreland, Kent; a small fishing boat is busy in the foreground

Mamhead, Devon, with sheep grazing in the foreground to keep the lawns cropped

Blunt / N. Europe Aurora
As seen with mountains in the foreground

Blunt / Three Rainbows
Three rainbows over a river with a bridge in the background and ships in the foreground

Football / Spanish Card
A group of players challenge for a corner ball in the air (Barcelona strip in foreground)

Gibraltar / Whymper
A general view of the rock of Gibraltar with a sailing boat in the foreground

Charon (Tooke)
The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, but rarely vice versa : in the foreground is Cerberus, a particularly fierce watchdog

Istanbul in 1520
Constantinople under Turkish rule - the Seraglio Palace in the foreground, the Golden Horn on the right with Pera beyond, the Bosphorus to the left, with shipping

Arc De Triomphe 19C
The Arc de Triomphe with pedestrians and horsemen in the foreground

Bartholomew Fair Colour
A panoramic view of the Fair, showing swings and roundabouts in the foreground, the stage in the background, and all manner of hawkers, tricksters and vendors of things to eat

Clofosco Mountains
Sennayoke, in the Dolomites. In the background is the Senna Group and in the foreground is the Clofosco range

Prior Park, Bath
Prior Park in Bath. In the background is the mansion built for Ralph Allen, in the foreground the Palladian Bridge

Schloss Rhazuns
SCHLOSS (CASTLE) RHAZUNS perched on top of a cliff overlooking a lake. Some weary peasants trudge up steep bank in the foreground

West Cowes I. O. W
Even at this period, a mecca for sailing enthusiasts : note the paddle steamer moored in the foreground

Lake Albert, Australia
An ostrich is being hunted in the foreground

London from St Saviours
A general view of London from the tower of St Saviours with Southwark bridge in the foreground

Kremlin River Moskva
A view of the Kremlin from the River Moskva with a stone bridge in the foreground

Pilgrims on the Road
The Pilgrims on the road, the Miller prominent in the foreground

Dante Alighieri / Brickdal
DANTE ALIGHIERI His first encounter with Beatrice (he is the small boy in the foreground, she the little girl at the top of the steps)

Windsor in C16
The Castle during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, with a shepherd and his flock in the foreground

Curry&rice / Learns Hindi
A resident with his Hindustani teacher - why is the man in the foreground opening a bottle of wine ?

Thames / Charing Cross
The river at Charing Cross, with the Embankment and Cleopatras Needle to the left, the Cleopatra swimming bath in the foreground

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